Author's note

Subatomic Screen by Subatomic is a free bitmap pixel font built from stark square modules. Its letters use stepped diagonals, rectangular cutouts, and abrupt changes in stroke width, recalling an early low-resolution screen. The forms are blunt and highly geometric.

Digital graphics are its clearest setting, especially game menus and electronic title cards that benefit from the deliberately coarse grid. Posters and music merchandise can use the same broken, machine-made shapes to suggest arcade hardware, coding culture, or noisy electronic sound. For branding, it offers technology products and game studios an identity tied directly to pixels rather than a generic futuristic sans serif.

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Use at 6 pt.
Subatomic Screen — Font presentation

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
(C)2001, Kevin Meinert, http://www.subatomicglue.com
Font family
Subatomic Screen
Font subfamily
Screen
Unique subfamily identification
Subatomic Screen Font
Full font name
Subatomic Screen
Name table version
Subatomic's Screen Font v0.2.3
Postscript font name
SubatomicScreen
Trademark notice
(C) 2001 Kevin Meinert
Manufacturer name
Subatomic
Designer
Subatomic

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1999-12-08
Glyph count99
Units per Em900
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
atomics.TTF
atomicsc.TTF